Saving roses from a funeral arrangement
StephanieZone6binKY
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Comments (23)So much great advice! Thank you Ingrid and Michaelg! I know someone who goes to a feed store for horses. I will tell him to pick me up some 40lb bags of alfalfa and I can collect leaves from the local parks to mulch with. Checking Ashdown and Vintage for the sales, too. Thanks Diane_nj, Moroseaz, Silverkelt, Karl_bapst_rosenut, Predfern, Terryjean, Sammy, Jacqueline3, Roselvr and Canadian_rose for the wealth of info.!!! You all have made me realize that compost makes the garden world go 'round. Also thanks Hoovb and Particentral, for putting things in perspective. I suppose it's all relative and there are other hobbies that can be more expensive, but creating a gardening budget will help me get to the point of being wealthy enough to fly airplanes as a hobby, keep show grade koi and collect expensive art. Now, dealing with show dogs is not a hobby I would pursue. :) Juliet...See MoreGrowing roses from a cut rose
Comments (8)I once knew a woman with a garden full of roses, and every single one she had rooted from a cut flower. It can be done very well if you have the right touch. Now I consider myself to be an expert gardener but I am very poor at rooting cuttings. I've never gotten a rose to root. I can root coleus and mint and african violet but that's about it. I believe she just stuck hers in the ground and they rooted, I've known people to do that in warmer climates like yours. I'd get some rooting hormone, and cut the stem just below a joint, and dip the end in rooting hormone, then put it in either seedling mix potting soil or a blend of vermiculite and pumice. Where I fail, is in keeping the cutting damp enough but not so damp it rots for the several weeks it takes to root. You'll want some kind of humidity dome. People use clear plastic bottles or bags. Check out the link given by Jerijen. I've also known people to root roses taken from the aftermath of a rose show. Lots of people root roses from bouquets. It can be done. Drying the roses is another good option too....See MorePlant arrangment help & pinching rose campion
Comments (16)Hi! The above advice is great, what I have to say is just adding a little to it. If you know you like different shapes next to one another, honestly, that's about all you need to get started with the look you want. Poring over pictures on here, in magazines and books is a good way so see combos you like. You may want to pay the most attention to photos from your zone and region; many times, plants that bloom together in one area don't do that everywhere, and of course there may be many plants in a southern photo that aren't hardy for you. But if you like the look of a plant combo, you can search out a hardy plant that has a similar look. I think "visually interesting" has to do with the eye of the beholder. What you want to achieve may be considered by some to be too busy, or too plain. Since there's no universal perfect look, there aren't instructions on how to get it. What's challenging (and frustrating!) about gardening is the desire to create interesting plant combinations, with bloom colors we think look good together, that maintain flowers or at least an interesting look all season long, are not eaten up by the wildlife and which like our growing conditions. So, gardening books that show photos of the same beds at different times of year would help a lot (I hope there are some out there!). Quite a few posters on Gweb post shots throughout the season. Also, using plants with interesting foliage color and shape really makes a difference, or at least is has for me. At the Bluestone perennials site, you can search with keywords like "spiky" etc.. in order to find plants with a certain color or look. Another resource is Plantfiles, which is hosted by our "rival" garden forum. Plantfiles is great because there are comments and posts from (usually) multiple gardeners about a particular plant. It's not a blurb by someone trying to sell you the plant, it's from gardeners who own it. So, if the plant breeders are lying about the plant, it gets revealed on there! Plus you get all the essential info for a plant: zone, light needs, bloom time, water needs, even pH sometimes. However, sometimes it's wrong about zone, so I like to look up the plant's zone on a couple of sites. I get to the plantfiles listing by using google and entering the plant's name, either the common or latin one, and the word "plantfiles" Best of luck with your gardening!...See MoreFuneral roses
Comments (2)My Grandmother had outlived two husbands. She often visited them at the cemeteries. She brought home roses she picked up at the cemeteries, stuck them in the ground, and covered with canning jars. She had a magnificent garden full of rose bushes. They were all about 50 years old. I was heart broken when I found the new owners of her home ripped them all out. I wish I had taken cuttings....See Moreour_md_garden Zone 7A NE
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